Sustainable product design and development: A review of tools, applications and research prospects

TRIZ-Based Guidelines for Eco-Improvement

“…[22] instead states that TRIZ integration is valuable since it does not require an encyclopedic knowledge of field-specific technology and it enables the expansion of the scope of problem solutions beyond the skills of the team members. Other advantages include reducing the time of the design and development phases (e.g., [16]), increasing product quality without burdening costs (e.g., [1]), and minimizing industrial waste and emissions through energy efficiency (e.g., [23]).…”

“…These methods have been classified according to different criteria. The integrations with other methods, tools and theories (e.g., [1,2]), such as Genetic Algorithms, Fuzzy Logic, Monte Carlo simulation, Analytic Hierarchy Process, and Informatic frameworks. The level of involvement of the designer (e.g., [3]), to whom the methods provide ready-to-use solutions, examples from other fields of application or suggestions for supporting her/him personally developing the solutions.…”

Study on Evaluating the Sustainability of Innovative Products

“…e tools for achieving sustainability for products have been divided into two kinds: the tools for partial sustainability and the tools for total sustainability. By comparison, tools for partial sustainability are more mature and useful in the early design stage [9]. Besides, information, environmental concern, and ethical production influence consumers' attitudes towards products' sustainability [10].…”

“…When P ij equals 0, p ij ln p ij equals 0. In formula (9), w j represents the entropy weight of the indicator. e bigger its weight is, the more important it is:…”

“…� energy saving, low investment cost, reliability, easy to maintain, high life, low recovery cost . (22) Calculate the entropy weight using formulas (8) and (9) and get the weights of the indicators: W � (0.26, 0.18, 0.18, 0.11, 0.14, 0.13).…”